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To some ancient Romans, gladiators were the embodiment of tyranny

The Moderate Voice 

Paul Mescal as Lucius in ‘Gladiator II.’ Paramount John M. Oksanish, Wake Forest University Neither “Gladiator” nor its cinematic sequel is particularly concerned with historical fact. For one thing, the emperor Marcus Aurelius had no intention of restoring the republic. Gladiatorial contests were abhorrent displays of cruelty, but they didn’t always end in death. And […]

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